System Requirements for COD MW2 2022

The purpose of this article is to discuss the system requirements for COD MW2 2022 (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (MW2)). Gamers want to know if their PC will be able to handle COD MW2 2022. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 2022 was officially announced on June 8th, 2022. It was released on October 28th, 2022.

Update: Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II – Open Beta System Requirements

September 24, 2022: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (COD MW2 2022) has been released. The system requirements have been made public. How did Goodtechmaster.com do with our speculation? We came pretty close in all categories of system requirements. The biggest place that we were wrong about was the graphics card. By our estimation, this would have been the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 as a minimum requirement. It came in as the NVIDIA GTX 960. We also estimated the recommended settings would be the GeForce GTX 1070 and it was the GTX 1060.

The gameplay demo provided by Infinity Ward shows high-end graphics. One can assume that this is a game where you will want a high-end graphics card pumping out FPS. Unfortunately, at this time, Infinity Ward has not released system requirements for COD MW2 2022. However, we can look at COD: Vanguard and draw some conclusions.

COD: Vanguard System Requirements

MINIMUM
Specifications needed to play Call of Duty: Vanguard:

• OS: Windows 10 64-Bit (latest update)
• CPU: Intel Core i3-4340 or AMD FX-6300
• RAM: 8 GB RAM
• STORAGE SPAGE (at launch): 36 GB (Multiplayer and Zombies only), 177 GB all game modes
• HIGH-REZ ASSET CACHE: Up to 32 GB
• VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon RX 470
• VIDEO MEMORY: 2 GB
• GRAPHIC DRIVER: NVIDIA 472.12 or AMC 21.9.1

RECOMMENDED
The recommended specs to run at 60FPS in most situations with all options set to high:

• OS: Windows 10 64-Bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64-Bit (latest update)
• CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
• RAM: 12 GB RAM
• STORAGE SPAGE: 177 GB
• HIGH-REZ ASSET CACHE: Up to 32 GB
• VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580
• VIDEO MEMORY: 4 GB
• GRAPHIC DRIVER: NVIDIA 472.12 or AMC 21.9.1

Modern System Hardware

Game developers know that they need to create games that will meet a broad audience. Otherwise, their games would not sell as good. Looking at the Steam Hardware Survey (May, 2022) we can gain some insight into the most popular PC components.

Currently, more than half of gamers on Steam have NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 1050 Ti or higher. Developers are always seeking to provide a more immersive, graphics rich experience for gamers. It can be speculated that this game will require a higher graphics card with more VRAM that can deliver higher FPS. That means that yesteryears requirements for COD: Vanguard will likely not apply to COD MW2 2022.

Speculating COD MW2 2022 System Requirements

One would imagine that the system requirements for COD’s MW2 2022 would be a step up from last year’s release. If that held true, then it would have meant that the largest impact would be on the processor, graphics card and potentially RAM. System requirements were thought to have looked like this:

MINIMUM

Potential Specifications needed to play COD MW2 2022:

• OS: Windows 10 64-Bit (latest update)
• CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
• RAM: 8 GB RAM
• STORAGE SPAGE (at launch): 200GB
• HIGH-REZ ASSET CACHE: Up to 32 GB
• VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580
• VIDEO MEMORY: 4 GB

RECOMMENDED

Potential Specifications needed to play COD MW2 2022 for recommended settings to run at 60FPS in most situations with all options set to high:

• OS: Windows 10 64-Bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64-Bit (latest update)
• CPU: INTEL CORE I7-8700K or AMD RYZEN 5 3600X
• RAM: 16 GB RAM
• STORAGE SPAGE: 200GB
• HIGH-REZ ASSET CACHE: Up to 32 GB
• VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1070 8 GB or AMD RADEON RX VEGA 56 8 GB
• VIDEO MEMORY: 8 GB

One can speculate we may need at least a 6-core/12-thread CPU with Hyperthreading for AI calculations for COD MW2 2022. According to CharlieINTEL, Infinity Ward’s AI will be deadlier than ever. The AI will be actively trying to be a hard target to hit while on the hunt for you.

The developers of the game must also consider legacy platforms and hardware. Certainly, they do not want to release a game that would limit half of the gaming population. It could be likely that the game does not require as high of horsepower listed here due to that reason. As mentioned on DualSHOCKERS, some fans are disappointed in the graphics of the reveal. Not that the graphics were terrible, but fans are now accustomed to Elden-Ring like graphics.

MW2 2022 in 1080P, 1440P, or 4K

1440P and 4K resolutions are growing faster than 1080P according to Steam’s Hardware Survey. Those higher end resolutions will require higher end graphics cards. There is also a high likelihood that many are on the cusp of needing to upgrade their PC. Serious gamers will look at top of the line graphics cards for AMD and NVIDIA. A higher-end GPU will enable them to play at higher resolutions while gaining performance (FPS).

Conclusion for System Requirements for COD MW2 2022

It was difficult to say with any certainty what the system requirements would be for COD MW2 2022. We now know the system requirements and were a little off but not by too much. Make sure to read my article on the cheapest graphics cards for COD MW2.